With apologies to all my Australian friends and family and to Paula and Andrew. I stole this from our conversation—thanks to the koala in the Christmas Tree incident—and ran with it....mwah ha ha! Unfortunately, as it turns out, I decided the koala wasn't deadly enough, and I also forgot half the scansion we had at the time. But as the twelve days of Christmas are looming...here's a bit of deadly fun. :) Enjoy.
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| A salty or salt water crocodile :) |
On the first day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
A python in a Christmas tree.
On the second day of Christmas
An Aussie gave to me:
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the third day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the fourth day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the fifth day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Fi-ive blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the sixth day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Six salties slaying
Five blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the seventh day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Seven spiders biting
Six salties slaying
Five blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the eighth day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Eight kangas kicking
Seven spiders biting
Six salties slaying
Five blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the ninth day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Nine sting rays stinging
Eight kangas kicking
Seven spiders biting
Six salties slaying
Five blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the tenth day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Ten spiders leaping
Nine sting rays stinging
Eight kangas kicking
Seven spiders biting
Six salties slaying
Five blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the eleventh day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Eleven snakes envenoming
Ten spiders leaping
Nine sting rays stinging
Eight kangas kicking
Seven spiders biting
Six salties slaying
Five blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
On the twelfth day of Christmas
A dinkum Aussie gave to me:
Twelve white sharks biting
Eleven snakes envenoming
Ten spiders leaping
Nine sting rays stinging
Eight kangas kicking
Seven red backs biting
Six salties slaying
Five blue ringed octopus,
Four giant crocs,
Three brown snakes,
Two stone fish
And a python in a Christmas tree.
